Ryan Eriquezzo’s

Parx Poker Torch Song

Poor choice of words sets the internet on fire.

As you may have read from our previous post, 2012 World Series of Poker National Champion and all around hot head Ryan Eriquezzo landed in some scalding water this weekend when he was booted from the Parx Poker Room and disqualified from a tournament after “crumpling” a pair of losing aces and throwing a bit of a temper tantrum.

While it’s generally accepted by just about everyone that a professional poker player like Eriquezzo should have contained himself, one part about the story that was put into question was the threat that he would “blow torch the place.”

@Gags30poker@stealthmunk never defended the action gags. I was obv way out of line. Just have seen it happen so often w no consequences— Ryan Eriquezzo (@RyanEriquezzo) May 18, 2014

You see, Ryan at first thought that this would be accepted as he’s seen others do it and that makes it ok, right?

Next think you know though, as he was being escorted out, he allegedly said he was going to torch the place… “on Twitter.”

One floor man heard the original quote as Parx Poker Room ambassador Matt Glantz originally tweeted, but another seems to have heard something slightly different – the fact that Ryan’s extremely poor choice of threatening words was directed at the reputation of the Parx Poker Room online, not the physical establishment itself.

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